Teaser – The Black Knight Who Was Stronger than Even the Hero
Chapter 1 – A Melancholy Day and a Magic Circle
・Morning, 7:30, a certain house in modern Japan
“Chii! Let’s go to school~!”
……
On top of being so noisy this early in the morning, why are you coming to get me like it’s the most natural thing in the world?
Speaking of which, what’s with that nickname? Are you in primary school?
I’m Saitou Chie.
I was named Chie(智慧; wisdom) in the hopes that I would grow up to be a woman who was aware of the world, and who had the insight to see the truth of things.
I’m a plain 17 year old girl in my second year at a high school near my house.
…Even saying it myself makes me sad.
I have shoulder length black hair, and single-fold black eyes; something common in Japan.
My face is neither beautiful, nor ugly.
It’s a truly normal face.
I’m 165cm, so I’m on the tall side for a girl.
My hobbies are appreciating anime and manga, browsing fantasy cellphone-novels, playing games, and collecting model swords.
I think you can tell from just this much, but I’m an otaku.
Or so I say, but I don’t collect figurines, nor do I want to cosplay.
I just do what I like.
My specialty is survival.
I’m an indoor type, but my parents and older brother like survival, so they often bring me mountain climbing.
Thanks to that, my studies are normal, but I have more confidence in my physical strength than average.
Leaving my hobbies and specialty aside, I’m just a plainer-than-average high school girl.
However, I have a childhood friend who isn’t normal.
He’s,
“Chii!”
the owner of the voice that’s shouting at me from the other side of the genkan.
His name is Takasugi Yuusuke.
He’s the same age as me.
Short black hair and smart, black eyes.
As for his face, he’s a super ikemen; enough that you can’t think of it as anything but a mystery.
His grades keep him consistently top place in our grade, and his physical abilities are above average as well.
He doesn’t belong to any clubs, but just seeing it once is enough for him to do anything well.
Honestly speaking, he’s a monster.
He has a gentlemanly personality, and is softhearted.
Amongst his own sex, he has a lot of trust.
Before anyone noticed, he had created a harem, and even though things went as far as a fanclub for him in our school, he’s a dull bastard that has no idea.
He’s a real life eroge protagonist.
I’ll say this just in case, but I have absolutely, not even a single, tiny grain of romantic interest in him.
On the contrary, I’m sick of him.
You’ll immediately see why.
“Haha, that guy never misses a morning, hey?”
My older brother Masato spoke sleepily from behind me, still in blue pajamas.
I’m his younger sister so you may be unsure about me saying this, but my brother is handsome enough that you wouldn’t think that we’re related.
He’s blonde and has a mean look like a delinquent, but he’s a kind older brother in his first year of university.
“He does this every single time, you know…”
In the genkan, I tied my hair into a ponytail, put on my navy, long-sleeved sailor fuku and skirt that didn’t quite reach the knees, put on black knee socks and brown loafers, and stood there with a fed up expression.
“Aahh~, I get the feeling that I shouldn’t head out the door right now.”
“I reckon. I had a look outside the window just now, but as usual there are five cute girls with him.”
“GEH-”
The number increased by one.
What kind of stupid woman is it this time?
This is one of the reasons.
This guy comes to my house every day with harem in tow.
“Haah~ …I’ll be going.”
“Try your best today as well~”
Resigning myself, with my schoolbag and the shoe bag with my indoor slippers, I headed outside the house.
Towards the first step of my melancholy day.
The moment I left the house, I saw him.
“Ah-, she’s come out! Chii!”
Yuusuke who was wearing his well-fit gakuran spoke with a splendid smile.
It’s a refreshing smile that probably fells any woman with certainty.
It’s not a face you should make while your harem is letting out a vicious aura behind you.
The first step of my melancholy day… Going to school with my childhood friend and his harem.
“You’re slow!”
“What the heck are you doing!?”
From early in the morning, I get showered with complaints.
“Yuusuke-senpai~ Why are you friends with such a plain girl~!?”
Said the cute, probably younger girl, on our very first meeting.
Hey you, that’s not something you would normally say to someone on your first meeting, right?
I’d like to see your parent’s faces…
“Saki-chan, don’t say something like that. Chii is my childhood friend.”
“If you say so senpai, I’ll bear with it~”
――――――――Squeeze!
The girl named Saki said this as she clung to Yuusuke’s right arm.
Seeing this, the harem,
“Hey, what are you doing!?”
“Yuu-kun is mineee!”
began fighting for Yuusuke.
I wish they would just cut out doing that in front of people’s houses.
“Haah~ I’m not going to wait for you.”
Saying that, I left them behind and started walking ahead.
If I waited with them, I’d be late.
“Ah~! Wait up, Chii!”
“Then walk faster.”
I spoke while walking.
“Chii!”
“…What?”
“Good morning!”
“Yes, yes, good morning~”
While feeling fed up, I replied to Yuusuke.
All while feeling painful stares behind my back.
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・At a certain school.
While being completely irritated by the noisy crowd behind me, I arrive at school.
However, my melancholy speeds up.
The second step of my melancholy day… The glares and harassment from the Yuusuke Fanclub.
The instant that I pass through the school gates, I’m stabbed by unpleasant stares.
They’re the threatening glares from the Yuusuke Fanclub.
Over half the girls in this school belong to the Yuusuke Fanclub, and in fact, the girls who come to school with Yuusuke each morning belong to this club.
That Saki girl was probably promoted by the management yesterday.
However, Yuusuke the man in question is ultra dense, so he has no idea this club even exists.
Of course, he has no idea about the girls’ love either.
Even though they’re approaching him that obviously.
As a result, even though they stick to him like glue he doesn’t dislike it, and thinks of it as skinskip, and I’m sick of Yuusuke as a result.
If he wasn’t my childhood friend, I would want nothing to do with him.
But, for some reason Yuusuke has always followed me around, and worries about me for some reason.
The result of that, is this.
I’m being bullied by the Yuusuke Fanclub of this school.
That’s the reason that I always bring my indoor slippers home with me.
Because of various things that have happened to me since primary school, I absolutely never leave my belongings at school.
Yuusuke hasn’t noticed this at all.
The members of the fanclub put in effort to cleverly hide this, and the teachers don’t know about this either.
More important than anything, I don’t discuss this with the main cause, and even if I did it’d be pointless.
This is him we’re talking about, so,
“There’s no way they’d do something like that. They’re all nice girls, you know?”
is obviously going to be his reply!
In the past when I told him to do something about his harem,
“Eh? I haven’t created a harem or anything, you know? And they’re all nice girls, so I’m sure you’ll get along with them too, Chii!”
is what he told me, refreshingly.
This guy can’t doubt people, so he doesn’t see the things around him at all.
And he really doesn’t notice his fans’ dreamy and passionate gazes, or the jealous gazes from a certain number of the boys either.
I seriously can’t handle it anymore.
I entered the school building, changed to my indoor slippers, put my loafers in my bag, and headed to class.
Of course, while all this was happening, Yuusuke was following behind me.
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・After some time has passed; after school
Presently, it’s one of those rare times when I’m going home together with only Yuusuke.
It seems that the harem can’t go home because of their club activities.
They’re probably actually gathering to discuss how to deal with me.
Up until now I’ve been called out to suspicious places, had people try to push me down stairs, and received various harassment, but because of my natural reflexes they ended without huge incident, but I seriously wish they would cut it out already.
And with no idea any of this is happening, my childhood friend who is like a god of misfortune to me only, is happily walking beside me, all smiles.
“You seem pretty happy, huh…”
“Mmn, because it’s been a long time since I’ve been able to slowly spend time with you, Chii.”
I want to hurry up and go home!
“Heyy, let’s go to a café! I’ll treat you to cheesecake which you like!”
“I obviously don’t wa- Don’t just go “Let’s go then“! Listen to me! Don’t pull on my arm~!”
Yuusuke ignored my unwillingness, and overbearingly brought me to a nearby café.
I seriously want to go home!
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・After some more time has passed; at a park with few people
I’m following behind Yuusuke and taking a stroll in the park.
Honestly, because the sun has almost set, there’s absolutely no one in the park.
“Hey, you have not a single bit of restraint towards me, do you…?”
“Eh? But Chii, you like the cheesecake there, right?”
“I do but, you know?”
I wanted to go home, you know!
“Then isn’t it fine? You never agree to go out and have fun with me after all.”
“Liiiike IIIIII saaaaaid, it’s because your harem glares at me!”
“Hey, it’s not something as exaggerated as a harem, you know?”
Yuusuke spoke about it like it was absolutely nothing at all.
He’s speaking for real, which is why it’s just way too unpleasant.
“And moreover, they’re really all nice girls, you know?”
They’re just acting nice, you know!
Honestly, maidens in love are terrifying…
But I have absolutely no sympathy for them.
Even now, I’m being completely harassed by them after all.
“Hahhh… Seriously, you’ll meet some harsh times one day, you know?”
“What the heck is this!?”
Having stopped walking, without giving a single glance to Yuusuke, I lectured him.
Even if I say all this, it’s probably pointless, but I can’t let it go unsaid.
I get the feeling that he’s saying something, but I pay it no mind.
“Uwahh~ It’s pulling me in!!”
“It’s because you’re like this that one day you’ll get backstabbed, you know. Even if you don’t yo-, “Save me Chii!“? Are you listening to m-…e-…”
Having judged that he wasn’t listening, I turned to face Yuusuke.
What’s with this scene?
Looking like it appeared right below Yuusuke was something like a shining magic circle.
No, that’s definitely a magic circle.
Everything below the stomach was buried into the magic circle, and having somehow or other moved to the edge of the magic circle, Yuusuke was desperately clinging on.
While gazing at this scene, I calmly analysed it.
O Yuusuke, having been dissatisfied with just being the protagonist of a Romance Game (18+), this time you even want to experience being the protagonist of a Fantasy World RPG?
“Aahh~ But I did get the feeling that this would happen one day…”
“What are you assenting to on your own!? Hurry up and help pull me out!!”
Don’t ask the impossible.
Despite looking skinny, he’s a 175cm guy with a fairly muscled build, and is impossible for a woman like me to pull up.
If I think about it more carefully, if only he wasn’t here, wouldn’t I be able to live a peaceful life?
There’d no longer be a reason for the girls in the harem or fanclub to harass me any further.
Moreover, it’s obvious at a glance that Yuusuke is being summoned as a hero.
He probably won’t be treated badly.
That’s why there’s only one option I should take.
“Yuusuke.”
“Chii, hurry!”
“This magic circle is probably a hero summoning. Isn’t that great? You’ve been chosen as the hero who will protect the people. Be a good kid and save lots of people in the other world.”
“Chii! What are you talking about!?”
Yuusuke’s face paled, as though in despair.
I pretended not to see, and turned my back on him.
“Well then, try your best, childhood friend of mine!”
I spoke with a smile.
With this, my days of peace have come!
However, the next instant.
――――――GASHI-!
“Heh?”
My leg was suddenly caught.
“Then you come too, Chii!!”
Without any time to think about what he had just done to me, I was sucked into the magic circle along with Yuusuke by a strong force.
It seems that there really is no peace for me.
I want to knock Yuusuke flying…
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To be continued
thanks for the release
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Thank you!
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Lol… so it was a woman… most of all I wonder if yuusuke likes chie. ..
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Heh, we aint following gurl around if we not like her~ he might have not notice it, being a thickhead, but he definitely like her.
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I’d say that there’s at least a 95% chance that he likes her at this point and 100% chance that he’ll fall for her long before the story is over (assuming its not prematurely canceled).
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I think so but he really should realise the other one around him….
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THIS POOR GIRL. LOL
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Pfffttttt!!! Now that’s one hell of a way to be summoned. This webnovel is great!
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what a selfish bastard harem protag . . .
she should just kick him already . . .
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BTW, the one I talkin bout is the childhoodfriend, not the MC :p
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Omg not a another freakin kouki
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In this one’s defense. Although dense as *Insert Fuck here* of those girls around him, in this case it is because he doesn’t care about them. He only has eyes for Chie. To the point that he would actually drag himself from the center of the magic circle to the edge, and then jump out far enough to drag her with him, to keep her by his side.
YES! He is dense, and stupid. YES! He can go about this a better way. BUT! He is not as bad as Kouki as far as I am concerned ATM. Might turn out differently later, but this one has already shown that he is capable of something equivalent to deviousness and/or assholeism when he jumped up and grabbed her, screaming “Then you come too, Chie!” Which Kouki is incapable of doing (On purpose, which this guy can.)
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it would be romantic if it didnt end up literally killing her and destroying her body and almost destroying her soul
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so I wasn’t the only one who thought that huh… XD
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This certainly is a unique twist on being summoned! It’s hard to stop laughing…
Thanks for the teaser!… ah… am I an m?
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Ahahaha, I already love the protagonist.
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So during the summoning, the two were separated and Chie was sent to an earlier time period?
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looks like it..
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This has to be the best summoning I’ve read. Normally it’s a quick ZAP! and you’re gone, but they’ve got the summoning working like a quicksand trap or something, as if to give their victim time to contemplate their demise.
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What an accurate yet sadistic way of looking at it!
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In a certain comment
I say “Thanks for the chapter, Hitsugi Usagi-sama.”
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She didn’t think this clearly, once he is gone the harassment would increase. I really don’t understand why doesn’t she use his goodwill to comit acts of crime.
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I like the Heroine, I also like the Hero (In a sadistic kind of way)…
I’m waiting for how he will react in the coming chapters…
For now, I only have four words to say. Thanks for the Chapter!
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Taken at face value, I cannot help but assume that we have some humourous symmetry here – Chie is as oblivious to Mr. Eroge’s obvious feelings as Mr. Eroge is to those of everyone else.
My thanks to you, O holy esteemed sheeprabbit.
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Mr. Eroge certainly asks for it though. Even if she’s fully aware he deserves the cold shoulder until he uses his brain a little.
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Most certainly; indeed, it would add to the humour value as we gleefully watch his attentions bear no fruit. There’s nothing quite like a character that everybody loves to hate.
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how come everybody hates him so much? i think he sounds cute, lol.
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he’s like a puppy! :) a lovesick one
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He is cute. In an irritating, hate-able kind of way.
I can but hope that this series will provide a release for that profound sense of irritation that builds up from the countless impossibly oblivious harem protagonists out there.
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Yes!
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Thank you for the new chapter! Laughing so hard at the summoning! :D Ditching the childhood friend only for him to drag her along. Most entertaining way to be summoned.
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How did you decide the reading of the female haremette’s name? I only saw in in kanji, but I think it’s more commonly read as “Saki.”
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Typooooo ><
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this is the best summoning scene ever, can’t stop laughing, my thanks for showng me something this great
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Did not see that coming! Awesome start.
Thank you SOOOO much!
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oh lmao I love this girl hahaha
Looks like there will be a lot of manzai happening. :)
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Sigh~ the male protag is a damned blackhole Ichika….
poor mc…
btw ALL IKEMEN AND RIAJUU SHOULD DIE !!!!!!!!!!!
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Me likes it, thanks !
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I WANT TO KICK THAT GUY IN FACE! MANY MANY MANY MANY MANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANYMANY TIME!!!!
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for some reason, i want to punch the guy. Ikemen+athletic+smart+harem+fanclub+naive+dense= Someone i want to punch in the face 999 times until his face is deformed
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btw I am curious as to why the description of his appearance in the prologue says he has silver hair and blue eyes? did his appearance change when summoned?
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Doesn’t seem like it since Chie recognizes that it’s him from the description
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They say his name and she obviously expected him to show up some time as they were summoned together.
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Oh damn! Poor girl and she was so close to enjoy peaceful days.
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Damn, poor guy and poorer girl.
And I think Saki knows about his feeling, just choose to ignore it.
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Well if she knew and was ruthless enough to abandon him to the other world, she could pull the two hit punch:
“I apologize in advance, but I have to ask. Do you like me? As a woman?”
“I’m sorry Yuusuke, I’ve only ever thought of you as a friend.”
Alternatively: “As a man, do you have feelings for me?”
“I’m sorry, I have somebody I like.”
et cetera
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Cold but effective
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I didn’t even have to live it and I’m tired…
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F–k a retard (Naive dude) dare to mess with Chie he must die!!!
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Thanks for the translations.
Wow, this is getting more and more interesting.
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thanks ^^
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Thanks for the chapter. I want to say few things: I really like Chie personality, and we found someone even more dense than Ichika.
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who’s ichika?
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He’s probably referring to Infinite Stratos.
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oh
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Poor girl.
But wait, her friend was “Short black hair and smart, black eyes.” but the guy summoned years after on the other world was “silver-haired, blue-eyed, beautiful youth”, how come?
And I wonder if she aged or not on that other world ¬¬
Thanks for the translation!
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she knows him from his name ‘yuusuke’
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hahah I knew it! he was a childhood friend!
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i really wish that the childhoodfriend wont go all deredere over the idiot later on
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Really? I actually don’t hate the childhood friend guy. Of course I would not approve if she fell in love with him, but I don’t hate him. If he changes and she remains the dominant one in the relationship, then I wouldn’t mind as much.
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thank for the update
i cringe the whole time i’m reading this, HOPEFULLY there will be some characters’s growth in the future (look like the eroge protagonist have some dark side)
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Looks like a fun novel. I just hope the comedy doesn’t revolve around ecchi fan-service moments.
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thanks
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This is the best hero summoning ever. Other mc’s should learn from her example.
Thanks for the chapter!
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tThanks for the chapters!!”late half of her teens, and the early half of her twenties”. how old is she?
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uhhh…. between 18-23 maybe?
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What a single minded pursuit male protagonist *>*
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you know i would only like yuusuke if he didnt have harem and was a dense mofo also only faithful to chi :3
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*wasnt
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I really want to read more… though…
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As expected the title says it all!!! hahahaha.
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*groans* I hate stories with that kinda character.
And he seems to take the role of the worst of them. Blind and stupid
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Haha the protagonist is awesome!
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DUUUddddeeee~~ you should continue translating this stuff.
You’ll kill me if you don’t.
BTW thanks for the chapter. ^-^
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I didn’t really like it.
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I ship Chii and Yuu-chan~
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That childhood friend is so anoyingggg
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Is it just me or I really want to brutally murder this fucking Yuusuke kid
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Love this sentence
he’s a dull bastard that has no idea.
damn right all harem protagonist are(well most of theme) dense bastard
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And you just hate them. Unless they are dense female characters with reverse harems. Then its hilarious. Double standards, but w/e.
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Duh. One is refreshing, and the other is a deader horse than OP reincarnation stories.
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He is obviously in love with her. Yeah, keep talking about being dense girl.
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Lol, I know right?
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I love how he pulled her in too hahaha
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There is another translator for this he/she is at https://xantandminions.wordpress.com/the-black-knight-who-was-stronger-than-even-the-hero/
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Chapters from 2-4 are not working DX please tell me if there is another website to read chapter 2-4 :(
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Chapters from 2-4 are not working :( is there any other websites that have them ?
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https://novelonlinefull.com/chapter/yuusha_yori_saikyouna_kuro_kishi/chapter_3
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Yandere Male MC!!!
At least that’s what I like to think. XD
Thanks for the chapter
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The “I dont want to be the only one Fcked-up” “Bringing you down with me” starter pack.
I’m proud of you Yuusuke, you make our group proud!
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Where is the next chapter ? (:
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so she has a romantic relationship with her brother ?
becuse she says “and you will see why in a minute” and then the brother pops behinde her in pajamas and sleepey so they where together and i know that she most probably talks about the harem but
theres a lot of lost context there ,
no transition from place to place and no “the door opened” kind of stuff it is all vague also she remarks him as being caring and handsome
-*slowly walks away backwards*
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Uahh thank you for translating
that poor girl..
but “I’m 165cm, so I’m on the tall side for a girl.” HAHAHAhahahahahhaha haa ha…. i would love to be able to say that too….
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90% chance he loves her, other 10% is just that he really likes her (not romantically) but could still turn to love.
Can’t believe he actually dragged her too. Come on bro, she wouldn’t be able to do anything since only the original participants gain power. She’d likely be a hostage.
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I’m not going around saying he’s a good guy like all typical readers would say.
If he really likes her then wtf about the bullies???? My opinion, he’s not worthy of my taste so yahh, I can relate to the girl.
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